—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28, 1961
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FROM WHERE W
Among the material to come across
our desk recently was one piece head
lined, “No Longer A Dream’’. In the
first sentence are the words, “Pushbut
ton farming - Agricultural Automa
tion—is no longer a dream.”
In the same mail was an article
from a state university describing a
“Cow Sitting”, service some dairymen,
in one of the state’s counties have or
ganized
During the same week along came
a story about some of the newest de
velopments to come out of the elect
rical research laboratories. Machines
energised by electricity and capable of
doing everything, from keeping the
sidewalks free of snow to massaging
the achmg back of the young-in-heart
but-not-too-young sport who had so
much leisure time he sprained his
back in his mad search for recreation,
will be on the market shortly.
Almost every day. reports of some
new and dazzling apparatus comes a
long to take more physical activity out
of living.
We get to wishing someone would
invent a machine to take all the re
ports and sweep them off' the desk in
to the proper receptacle.
But then along comes a story of
Sophie Jaffe, a teacher' with. 25- years’
experience who said recently to a
teachers’ meeting, “We are. going over
board these days on the idea that, by
giving our children the best and the
most, we make them happy, well
rounded individuals. Today’s children
have television sets in their bedrooms,
carry transistor radios to school, and
brag about the money they spend . . .
What we should do is get through to
the parents that their children must
be taught at home that they can not
have everything they want, that mon
ey and material abundance are not the
acme of American democracy ...”
And another piece of literature cal
led, “Rown With Golf Carts”, is in
somewhat the same vein.
America does the job it takes almost
Human being are born with several
Dovldisn
Senator Harrison A. Wil
liams, Jr, of New Jersey is
one of the prime movers’ in
a proposal to recruit a civil
ian Peace Corps of young
American dedicated to work
ing for peace
The Corps would, in effect,
be a Foreign Legion of
young people armed with
ideas and ideals, rather than
guns, to become people-to
people ambassadors in the
underdeveloped nations of
the world
Volunteer Ambassadors
The proposed Corps, on
which Prehdent Kennedy
has commented favorably,
would be recruited from a
mong qualified volunteers,
principally young college and
university graduates
Those accepted would re
ceive six months training m
the language, special skills,
needs and customs of the
countries in which they are
to live and work with the
people.
The proposal, Sen. Wil
liams said, is “gaining mo
mentum like a snowball ”
Women students at Mount
Holyoke College, where he
Fhonr - Lancaster Sp ° ke ’ WGre enthusiastic
E v 4-3047 and eager to enlist Volun
&°fV n can« Advent “ mtS al !° haVe been
Threetor & Business Manager lOrmed at Princeton and
E=fn 1 ushr d November 4 19 t i ! s Rutffers universities;
Pub’isbPrt every - Saturday by universities.
Lancaster Farming Lancaster, Pa “Supreme Court Justice
Fnte-ed as 2ml class matter at William D Tleiiicrlac nnAa
Lancaster, Pa under Act of Mar •'nliam VJ UOUglaS Once
8 i«79 additional entry at Mount said America should export
Jn Z , Pa i, tens thousands of volun
c-ul'Rrnntion Hates S 2 ner vearli._ , >,
three vears 5"» Single copy pricejS workers for peace-—men
£r rr '? 1s r, ~ women with an almost
Members p a Newspaper Puh'lsb H „ , , , ,
ere i ■-■.o'-niton- National Pditor ■ iissioncry zeal to be of ser
ial sseeention B i c g ” Sen. Williams said
a * “The spirit of which he
“If I am not mistaken,”
Sen Williams said, “the Uni
ted States is_gomg to take a
growing people-to-people in
terest m the programs to be
developed to help Asia, Af
rica and Latin America—in
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Peace Corps
particular—to become more
self-sufficient and secure.”
Sen Williams has made
numerous speeches in sup
port of a Peace Corps to be
composed of young men and
women of outstandng quali
ties who would work direct
ly with the people in under
developed nations for a per
iod of three years
organs which seem to have no partic
ular use, it says, and sites the appen
dix as an example. Then it goes on to
say it is interesting to speculate on
the idea that some future generations
may be born wi.th useless legs.
Now before you get the idea that
we are opposed to labor saving devices
on the farm, let us hasten to say that
we know farming is still hard work
and pushbutton farming is still a
dream, reports to the contrary not
withstanding.
We believe also that a dairyman is
entitled to some-time off from the day l
in day-out chore of milking and feed
ing a herd.
We know, too, the farmers of Am
erica could not feed our population
without, mechanical contrivances. Less
than ten per cent of the population in
50 per cent of the Russian population
to accomplish, and the American farm
er does it better.
But perhaps that is part of our
problem. The trend away from exer
cise 1 in almost any form, either at
wort or at play may well be creating
a major health problem. In spite of in
creasing leisure time, Americans are
exercising less. Spectator sports ; are
increasing by leaps and bounds over
participation sports.
But aside from the health hazard
created, lack of exercise causes quite
a difference in the food consuming
ability of a people.
The rather simple fact is that peo
ple Who don’t use their muscles do not
eat as much food as those who do ex
ercise. On a calorie basis, the food in
take for people today is only one third
to one half what it was in past years.
And still Doctors say overweight is
one of our national health problems.
Before we lose the use of our legs,
and perhaps our arms, backs and our
heads too, it might be well for all of
us to do some .serious thinking about
how to make exercise popular again.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand. *
speaks is already very much
m evidence at our universi
ties; it needs only intelligent
direction and a well-consid
ered program to be put to
effective work,” he said.
Communist Lead
The Peace Corps idea fo
cuses attention on a phase
of the cold war too long ne
glected by the Free World.
Communist infiltrations, es
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Rural Rhythms
By: Carol Dean Huber ,
What can you say about a
man
When retirement, time has
come?
The farmer’s counsellor and
guide,
Their friendship he has won.
Through forty years of lead
ership
By giving of his best,
He helped to make the “Gar-
den Spot”.
Beter than the rest
TRIBUTE
HARRY S. SLOAT
Bible Material: John 5.
Devotional Beading: John 8 25-32.
Our Authority
Lesson for January- 29, 1961
IT HAS been said that once upon
a tune the "great man” had
authority over others. The modem
man Who washes to be great must
be tin authority on something im
portant. After all, these two are
not very different If a man comes
to be an authority on something
of importance he will be accepted
by others interested in the same
things he is, as an authority over
them, as well as on the subject.
Christi Onr Authority
Jesus Christ is
said by St. Paul
to be “Head over
all things toJJie
church.” That is
even more true
today than when
Paul wrote it.
There are many
churches, or
more exactly
speaking, many
denominations, many types of
Christian Individuals and groups.
All of these claim Christ for their
"head,” though they may not all
express themselves in just that
language. This is a phenomenon
that calls for investigation. How is
it that Christ has retained his
authority from the day he headed
a small of fishermen and
other village people around Galilee,
to this so different day and time,
with more than 848,000,000 Chris
tians around the world all looking
to Christ as the Number One
Authority for their lives ?
Christian churches may differ as
to the exact way in which the
authority of Jesus Christ comes
down to us. Some would say it does
not come down at all. He lives in
each Christian "by His Spirit, and
each Christian if he listens well
may hear the still small voice of
Christ’s authority in his own heart
Others find his authority in< the
Bible, others m the officers and
leaders of a church, m its bishops
and other clergy. But it all goes
hack to Christ How it this ?
Now Is The Time ♦ . .
TO GIVE BULK MILK TANK- SPECIAL
CARE—Many dairymen have made a re
cent investment in a bulk milk tank, more
dairymen will no doubt face this invest
ment in the near future. Any piece of
equipment must be properly managed in
order to perform the intended purpose A
recent publication from Penn State Uni
versity titled, “Tips for Farm Bulk Milk
Tank Owners” is full of practical sugges
tions. A supply is on hand at our Exten
sion Office.
MAX SMITH
TO KEEP ACCURATE FARM RECORDS—There is little
doubt of the great value of an accurate set of farm recoicb
Here at the beginning of a new year we firge all farmers
to adopt some recording system These records are expected
by many government agencies and should be of great va!
ue in analyzing the farm business.
TO CHECK WITH SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE—We aic
informed of a number of changes in the Social Security law
that may be of interest to farmers; these relate to severely
disabled, working time to be eligible, family employment,
and acceptance of individuals in a non-profit organization
We suggest that interested farmers check at Social Sccm‘t v
headquarters, West Chestnut St, Lancaster
TO SERVICE FARM MACHINERY—The more severe w»'
ter this year might mean an earlier spring than last i^ar
the repair and servicing of farm machinery now will P rc
vent later. Many farrn equipment dealers will
special service if the work is to be done during the wm ltr
months. If working conditions permit on the farm, now >'
the time to prepare for the field work by having all mad’
inery in good condition.
Jesus’ followers have n ( ,
claimed that he is the w O ,
leading authority on railroads
financial methods for poi, t j
campaigns, or flood-control,
Chinese music. There was a I,
when. Jesus was considered
many people to have superhui
knowledge, even perfect k llo
edge about everything. But
church never took this not
seriously. What the chinch d
take seriously, and does claim
that our Lord was and is the gr c
est authority over what is m,*
vital than railroads or pout,
more urgent than flood cont r
more fundamental than Chi nf
music. He is our authority
life, he is an authority
it, the authority on it. By hfj,
mean in particular and in gen,,
all that is concerned with t
grows out of human
indeed all that is concerned
and growing out of the relate
ship we have to God.
Authority Dver Life
Jesus himself, we may be «
tain, had won .his authority ;
actual Imng. His graduate dep
in life was an earned degree, j
an honorary onei It was not roll
out from a "degree mill,” he&
actually been through the hi
school that Experience keeps
may have occurred to you to w c
der, sometimes, why the peoj
took the Sermon on the Mount, a
other high teachings of Jesus.,
quietly as they did. Although i
teaching"about life is very diffl ci
—more difficult to do than ton
derstand —nobody ever said he %
talking nonsense. Why didn’t tha
If' his teaching was so foolish;
some critics have thought it to
his friends surely'would have s(,
to It that none- of it would b«,
oo"ed to the ridicule of poster;!
But it was not that way
teaching was heard, chcriEji,
passed on. And the 01 igmal rejs
for this was that the first peer,
who heard him talking knew ti
he had hammered all this out
the anvil of his own living Ti
knew that he knew God and I®
men, and he spoke out of Jrnsi
edge, not by guesswork.
So that the clpirch accepts I,
joyfully to this day not as oncvi
had been taught to say a piece ai
said it —this is not what he him
bv raying he spoke only the wok
of the Father. Christ was m
n a reccrd’ng tape. He was
f' J ’iful Son who had learned uu
" v ’icr’s school.
' on rojM rurTitaf i
Illusion of r*’i3 p ‘ #, i»P I til vfh.
>lll Oon»ic»l o' the ( iorr]ie<
t in the *■ Kchascdi
am .!> Picss Serv lc >
BY MAX SMITH